Questions tagged [windows-7]
For questions specific to Windows 7. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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H264_QSV will decode, VP9_QSV will not
Yet another Intel Quick Sync (QSV) issue.
I've been using QSV enabled decoders, encoders, and filters for about a year, and mostly it works, at least for H264. But, as others have reported, HEVC and ...
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Bluetooth LE Mouse keeps freezing in after a while
My mouse keeps freezing after an hour or so of not using it. Tried a lot of tweaks like disabling Selective Suspend in registry keys but to no avail. Everything goes back to normal and connects when I ...
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Old version Adobe Acrobat Reader crashes after 10-15 seconds
I have an old version of Adobe Acrobat Reader and do not want to update.
However, when I open a pdf with the program, after 10 or so seconds, the program crashes (independent of which pdf is opened). ...
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How can I install new mouse drivers on HP Desktop retail edition
I recently upgraded my HP rp5800 from windows 7 to windows 10 and a few weeks later, the mice drivers stopped working. I can seem to find the right drivers from the internet and I am unable to run ...
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Restoring missing icons
My desktop was send in for repairs. I have restored backup but icons are missing. I’m running Windows 7. How do I get my icons back? I Tried right clicking the Desktop > View > Show desktop ...
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Force Win7 to boot into specific monitor setup
I have 5 Monitors on my Win7 Pro (service pac 1) (32 bit) machine.
When I reboot it, if the monitors are off, it will do a hardware detection and create a new arrangement of monitors placing them ...
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Swapping boot and backup disks during WinPE's image restore procedure
I have 4Gb of DDR in a laptop running Windows 7. I want to do a full Windows system image restore from a 2nd hard-drive that I use in the CD/DVD cartridge slot with a "drive caddy" adapter. ...
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fixing up very old pc so it can connect to internet again
I upgraded my uncles windows 7 computer to windows 10 and it cant connect to internet now. looking around the internet i find the most common problem being the drivers.
when i go to device manager>...
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Imaged windows 7 won't boot
I have a physical windows7 system (HP) and am migrating the user to a new windows10 machine. I'd like to virtualize this machine as a backup. I clonezilla'd the drive and if it was windows 10 I'd be ...
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Is it possible to determine which Windows program last modified a jpeg?
I keep finding jpeg images on my computers, which are corrupt. Some have a gray band at the bottom, some are reported bad by Bad Peggy (but look normal when viewed in e.g. XNView) and some are just ...
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Windows: Launch menu entry/option of an app via a keyboard shortcut
Here is the properties info/data (via Winlister) of an app's (here, Network Time) Properties window/pop-up (here, launched via right click menu/option, see screenshot).
What info of The Properties ...
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External HDMI monitor needs mouse move to wake up
A Lenovo ThinkVision monitor connected via HDMI to a Toshiba Satellite R830 laptop (Windows 7) after waking the laptop from sleep does not display anything until the mouse is moved. The internal ...
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Laptop randomly freezes
I need some help as my laptop a few months ago started to freeze totally randomly, when it freezes it repeats the last sound it made with distortion, the mouse and keyboard stop responding without ...
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computer booting then reporting no drive
Im having a very odd problem with a windows computer.
bios reports 2 nvme ssds in raid 0, leaving bios the computer will boot into windows and will fully enter windows (past sign-in page) but after a ...
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How to access Host devices on Windows 7 VM (Hyper V)
I am running Windows 7 with XP mode as a VM on a Windows 11 Host. How do I get the Windows 7 VM and XP Mode to access the Windows 11 Host devices?
Note* Enhanced Session Mode (ESM) IS NOT supported on ...
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